Katharine (Alexander) Gardner (1824 - 1880)

Born 19 Nov 1824 in Seneca, Ontario, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Dec 1880 at age 56 in Noble, Branch, Michigan, United States

Biography

Catherine (Alexander) Gardner was born on the 19th of November 1824 in Seneca, Ontario, New York. She was the ninth of the twelve children born to Theophilus Alexander and Mary Alice (Eisenhauer) (Alexander) Carver. Catherine was only seven when her father died. As an heir she was listed as a defendant the following year in the case Alexander vs. Grover in regarding property that had belonged to her father.^[1] Guardianship of Catherine, as well as William and Lydia, was given to John S Gardner in 1839.^[1]

Catherine married Elisha T Gardner on the 13th of August 1840 in Sandusky County, Ohio. ^[2][3]

Sources

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Chancery Records, Early Court Cases HPC - LG1, Alexander vs. Grover, Leonard J Alexander (Sandusky County, Ohio 1820-1851). Note: This is a combination of records written in the Chancery books and pages collected in a file. Copies are held by Mindy Silva, collected 15 September 2015 at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library in Fremont, Ohio.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (Ohio Marriages : accessed 31 October 2018), Elisha T. Gardner and Catharine Alexander, 13 Aug 1840; citing Sandusky,Ohio, reference ; FHL microfilm 0506617 V. 9, A-E.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (Ohio, County Marriages : accessed 31 October 2018), Elisha T Gardner and Catharine Alexander, 13 Aug 1840; citing Sandusky, Ohio, United States, reference bk B p136; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 506,617.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (United States Census : accessed 31 October 2018), Catherine Gardner in entry for Elisha T Gardner, 1860.
5. ↑ "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," database, FamilySearch (ichigan Deaths and Burials : accessed 31 October 2018), Catherine Gardner, 23 Dec 1880; citing Noble, Branch, Michigan, reference v A p 158; FHL microfilm 930,801.